Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🎠Play
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.22641, -1.30319
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Dotti Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦92+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Grey Heron and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- ☕Dotti Deli — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Coot +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, café; Urban park — family destination
Free
playground, café, parking
Free
Birds — Grey Heron, Woodpigeon, Coot +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White +21 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Water Lanepublic footpath · 220 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 220 mPath type: service
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route359 m▾
Named routeLength 359 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route100 m▾
Named routeLength 100 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
35,613 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,613 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Teal · Goldfinch +37
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Red Dead-nettle · Hard Rush · Rosa canina · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Buttercup +80
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,613 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Cormorant · Black-headed Gull · Teal · Goldfinch +37
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Willow Emerald Damselfly
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
Red Dead-nettle · Hard Rush · Rosa canina · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Buttercup +80
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
